Wednesday, December 21, 2016

21

❉★❄ Advent Calendar! ❄ DAY 21 ❉★❄ENG

“It’s worse than I thought,” Ross said stopping
behind her, “they’ll just kill us one by one.”

Ella heard the call of danger, the entire
operation smelled of trap and deceit. The tracks left on purpose, the leader
waiting for her: everything had been planned in advance and she had decided to
close both eyes and plunge. The orders pulled her down like a dead weight and
she remembered those eyes pointed at her. Stopping there on the edge wasn’t an
option. It would have been the first stage of failure and shame. If she had to
take the blame for something, let it be an excess of bravery, extreme
persistence… anything but cowardice and lack of faith.